measuring worm
or meas·ur·ing·worm
Origin of measuring worm
1An Americanism first recorded in 1835–45
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British Dictionary definitions for measuring worm
measuring worm
noun
the larva of a geometrid moth: it has legs on its front and rear segments only and moves in a series of loops: Also called: looper, inchworm
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